Every week, The Daily Meal rounds up restaurant reviews across America

The Cannery_Savor the Seas

As always, the ratings range from stars to bells to beans, but every review offers specialized insight into the food, atmosphere, and service of eateries in each city’s dining scene and the critics eating at them.

This week in New York, critic Pete Wells warns against the danger in "the rise of small plates and tasting menus." "Chefs," he says, "may be starting to forget how to sustain interest beyond the first few bites."

Near San Francisco, in Healdsburg, Calif., to be exact, critic Michael Bauer tastes the fare at Bravas Bar de Tapas. "At Bravas, much as at their other restaurants," he concludes, "the Starks have avoided a cookie-cutter concept and created a restaurant that fills a void in the Sonoma dining scene."